19,July 2006
POINTS OF ORDER
IRAQI trade union leader Hadi Saleh was tortured and killed by assassins said to be loyal to Saddam Hussein.
A book commemorating efforts to rebuild unions in Iraq will be launched today in the Commons by his widow and TUC general secretary Brendan Barber.
The war is a disaster, but Hadi's death reminds us militants are killing countrymen who are working for a fairer Iraq.
The UK and US can't avoid responsibility. The TUC was all over the place on the war, but deserves praise for trying to help win peace.